ARM vs Bicep vs Terraform decision in Azure - Interactive Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to declare a resource group using ARM template syntax.

Azure

{
  "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2019-04-01/subscriptionDeploymentTemplate.json#",
  "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
  "resources": [
    {
      "type": "Microsoft.Resources/resourceGroups",
      "apiVersion": "2021-04-01",
      "name": "[1]",
      "location": "eastus"
    }
  ]
}

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Aeastus

BresourceGroupName

Clocation

DmyResourceGroup

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Common Mistakes

Using a property name instead of a string value.

Confusing location with name.

In ARM templates, the name property specifies the resource group name. It should be a string like myResourceGroup.

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medium

Complete the Bicep code to create a storage account with the correct resource type.

Azure

resource storageAccount '[1]@2021-04-01' = {
  name: 'mystorageacct'
  location: 'eastus'
  kind: 'StorageV2'
  sku: {
    name: 'Standard_LRS'
  }
}

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AMicrosoft.Compute/virtualMachines

BMicrosoft.Storage/storageAccounts

CMicrosoft.Network/virtualNetworks

DMicrosoft.Web/sites

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using a resource type for virtual machines or networks instead of storage.

Omitting the resource type version.

The resource type for a storage account in Bicep is Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts.

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hard

Fix the error in this Terraform resource block by completing the provider declaration.

Azure

provider "[1]" {
  features {}
}

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Aaws

Bazure

Cazurerm

Dgoogle

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using 'azure' instead of 'azurerm' as provider name.

Using providers for other clouds like AWS or Google.

Terraform uses azurerm as the provider name for Azure Resource Manager.

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hard

Fill both blanks to define a Bicep parameter with a default value and a type.

Azure

param [1] [2] = 'eastus'

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Alocation

Bstring

Cint

Dbool

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Common Mistakes

Using a type that does not match the default value.

Confusing parameter name with type.

In Bicep, parameters are declared with a name and a type. Here, location is the name and string is the type.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a Terraform resource with a name, type, and location attribute.

Azure

resource [1] "[2]" {
  name     = "myResource"
  location = "[3]"
}

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Aazurerm_resource_group

Bresource_group

Ceastus

Dwestus

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using incorrect resource type names.

Using invalid location names.

In Terraform, azurerm_resource_group is the resource type, resource_group is the resource name, and eastus is a valid location.